On the Oracles of the Pythia (Plutarch)
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*On the Oracles of the Pythia* is a philosophical work by Plutarch that examines the nature, reliability, and decline of the Delphic oracle through dialogues and historical examples.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| On the Oracles at Delphi | 1 |
| On the Oracles of the Pythia (Plutarch) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14023624 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On the Oracles of the Pythia (Plutarch) Context triple: [Croesus, literaryCharacter, On the Oracles of the Pythia (Plutarch)]
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Plutarch On Isis and Osiris
Plutarch On Isis and Osiris is an ancient philosophical and religious treatise in which the Greek writer Plutarch interprets the Egyptian myth of Isis and Osiris through a Hellenistic and allegorical lens.
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B.
Hecate’s Deipnon
Hecate’s Deipnon is an ancient Greek ritual meal and offering to the goddess Hecate, traditionally left at crossroads at the dark of the moon to honor her and appease restless spirits.
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Philostratus’ Imagines
Philostratus’ *Imagines* is a collection of ekphrastic descriptions of paintings, blending art criticism and imaginative storytelling in the form of rhetorical essays from the Second Sophistic period.
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D.
The Cumaean Sibyl
The Cumaean Sibyl is a famous 17th-century Baroque painting by Domenichino depicting the legendary prophetic priestess from ancient Roman and Greek mythology.
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E.
Letter to Herodotus
Letter to Herodotus is a foundational philosophical work by Epicurus that concisely outlines his views on physics and the nature of reality.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On the Oracles of the Pythia (Plutarch) Target entity description: *On the Oracles of the Pythia* is a philosophical work by Plutarch that examines the nature, reliability, and decline of the Delphic oracle through dialogues and historical examples.
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A.
Plutarch On Isis and Osiris
Plutarch On Isis and Osiris is an ancient philosophical and religious treatise in which the Greek writer Plutarch interprets the Egyptian myth of Isis and Osiris through a Hellenistic and allegorical lens.
-
B.
Hecate’s Deipnon
Hecate’s Deipnon is an ancient Greek ritual meal and offering to the goddess Hecate, traditionally left at crossroads at the dark of the moon to honor her and appease restless spirits.
-
C.
Philostratus’ Imagines
Philostratus’ *Imagines* is a collection of ekphrastic descriptions of paintings, blending art criticism and imaginative storytelling in the form of rhetorical essays from the Second Sophistic period.
-
D.
The Cumaean Sibyl
The Cumaean Sibyl is a famous 17th-century Baroque painting by Domenichino depicting the legendary prophetic priestess from ancient Roman and Greek mythology.
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E.
Letter to Herodotus
Letter to Herodotus is a foundational philosophical work by Epicurus that concisely outlines his views on physics and the nature of reality.
- F. None of above. chosen
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